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CHRIS T CHURCH HOLIDAY HI-JINKS Out and about over the break P 6&7 Christchurch’s largest circulating community newspaper Thursday, April 16, 2015 By ANNA PRICE could operate safely – when a change of guard in the 2013 local body elections took the city ‘‘back to square one’’, a main participant in the negotiations says. Former city councillor Aaron Sex worker plan stoush A deal was close on a central city block with amenities where street sex workers Keown said after 18 months of talks and site visits with the Prostitutes’ Collective, police, and council staff, agreement was reached by all parties regarding the block between Manchester St and the Madras one-way system, bound by Armagh and Gloucester streets. Sex workers could have accessed the Avon toilets on the ground floor of the Manchester St car park and known the security of a battery of high-definition crime cameras around the block. ‘‘There would have been no Mel- lory Manning [murder] case again,’’ Keown said. Even if the car park was demolished, the underground plumbing was still in place to service a new toilet block on this site. ‘‘Agreement was reached by all parties on the location which would have taken them away from residential areas but kept them safe,’’ he said. ‘‘Prior to us being dumped from council at the last election we were very close to a solution, we had the funds in place to make it work, and we had built a good relationship with the Prostitutes Collective through many meetings to make it work.’’ Keown said the plan was to move all the sex workers into a city block with no residents, good security and have public toilets. Clients could drive anticlockwise which would put them on same side of road as the sex workers – and no residents within two blocks. ‘‘This nearly two years ago. It would have been all in place by now,’’ Keown said. Aaron Keown outside the doomed Manchester St car park. Its toilets were on the ground floor just inside the main entrance. Even if it was demolished, the underground plumbing would remain ready for a new toilet block. ‘‘Unfortunately, we weren’t re- elected and you got a new council with no background on the issue and they said they could solve it their own way in a few months. ‘‘We’re still waiting. ‘‘It’s a shame for all involved really.’’ All previous work was undone and the background knowledge lost. ‘‘Police attended all the meetings. I went out on night patrols. We put a ton of work into it. It was a case of sitting back and listening to all affected parties – then it got undone when new council came in.’’ If the parking building had been demolished, ‘‘we’d have made sure a toilet ❝ Weput a ton of work into it. It was a case of sitting back and listening to all affected parties – then it got undone when new council came in. Aaron Keown block was built on site’’. Clients would also have been informed the area was under surveillance purely for crime prevention and no other reason. ‘‘People can judge these girls any way they want, but they are still someone’s daughter and human beings.’’ Keown said. Councillor Pauline Cotter said last week said the council was ‘‘quite close’’ to a solution and a long term strategy ‘‘could be sorted soon’’. ouse Experience. The Difference earing of